In the United Kingdom, conflicts between cat owners and neighbours who feed and shelter other people's animals are multiplying, often to the point of the felines coming to live alternately between two homes. This phenomenon has generated frequent disputes, which The Guardian decided to investigate.
The newspaper heard the account of an owner whose cat, called Sid, began to spend more and more time outside the house. Initially, she attributed the behaviour to the natural willingness of the animal to roam.
Faced with the situation, the owner decided to put a tracker on the cat's collar to understand his movements. Through the device, she ended up discovering that Sid had not gone far: he was only a few doors away, at a neighbour's house.
At the neighbour's house, Sid was received with pampering and attention, including organic chicken. The case illustrates how these conflicts, although they seem to involve animals, are in reality disputes between humans about the attention and care given to the felines.
